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LOT 0709
Roman and Anglo-Saxon Bronze Brooch Collection
2ND-7TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 - 2 3/8 in. (62 grams total, 31-61 mm).
Comprising: two bow brooches; an equal-arm brooch with incised decoration; a large portion of a Saxon cruciform brooch; a brooch with a teardrop-shaped cell; a hybrid brooch with enamelled lozenge-shaped central plate. [6, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Hansons Auctions, Derbyshire, UK.
Property of a Shropshire private collector.
Accompanied by an old identification ticket for the equal-armed brooch.
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Roman Bronze Phallic Amulet
1st century A.D.-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
Appliqué formed as male genitalia, hollow to the reverse with fixing peg. 52.5 grams, 40 mm
Private collection of Mr S.A., Switzerland, 1990s, thence by descent. -
Roman Inked Wooden Tablet, a Legal Document from the Rascotiano Estate
4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13,000
A reused tablet with a recessed panel on one side, the last tablet of a legal document which consisted of two (diptychon) or three tablets (triptychon); ten black inked lines of New Roman cursive script, the end of a record of a transaction in a highly formulaic legal language, confirmed between heirs and elders (heredes et seniores), negotiated on an estate called Rascotiano; one edge irregular, pierced for addition of a thong or string. 23.7 grams, 12.3 x 12.5 cm
From an important London collection since 1975. Accompanied by a collection of eighteen 1970s photographs of the the tablet.
The contract follows standard Roman legal formulae. -
Roman and Anglo-Saxon Bronze Brooch Collection
2nd-7th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Comprising: two bow brooches; an equal-arm brooch with incised decoration; a large portion of a Saxon cruciform brooch; a brooch with a teardrop-shaped cell; a hybrid brooch with enamelled lozenge-shaped central plate. 62 grams total, 31-61 mm
Ex Hansons Auctions, Derbyshire, UK. Property of a Shropshire private collector. Accompanied by an old identification ticket for the equal-armed brooch.
